Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functional Enhancement by Forest Restoration: A Meta-analysis in China

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 2062-2073

  Ren, Yanjiao ^a,b   Lü, Yihe ^a,b,c   Fu, Bojie ^a,b,c   Zhang, Kun ^a,b  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c JOINT CENTER FOR GLOBAL CHANGE STUDIES   (China)

Author keywords

biodiversity conservation; ecosystem functions; forest restoration; meta analysis; spatiotemporal variability

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; RECOVERY; RESTORATION;

BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS; FOREST RESTORATION; META ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

CONSERVATION;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; META-ANALYSIS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CHINA;

EID: 85018875507     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2728     Document Type: Article

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